Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1887-10-16
PANORAMA
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q fhs tine w1sa B2avsxds Panorama. Of
rae aisslsIupi7 ~ss hfsE ln,ol.ea 70 the ac-
UUaLloa II the publc MY - sospected Of
be.i.y either . married. MAJ, % y som youth
h Id object oF a baebsl-r - l1ng buheted On
tie SEA ~ eellbaly that Re 'hss 40 Aops or
ever reaching port l. ~as long TINE ago,
- long shat even tas multitude II limitations
THAR lollowed the original b2ayaEs, covering
journeys 81 i4nt, ocean, and river over al
NEST bali the gie5e have al vanished into
t.as attlcs aud a<eD Iegso-tsa- Ii ~as report
es that there asrs tAree mlles Of cSfnsas IA
Lsnyard's panorama That Was probably
managerial fiction but i IS none the les
certain that tesrs we're great many yards
l. took hours 70 reel tne picture e1 before me
eyes OF admiElng spectators, sA- a. lecturer
With prs decd lungs was needed 70 expetiate
on its bsaonss. Bus there were not many
beauties after al lhs Mississippi river.
though a lssg river, runs for the uost part
through a fias country. and Is nxvlgSted by
boats when Il may CT may no. be worth
while 10 Try and make picturesque But the
motives OF L2uyard were patriotic and pc
cunlary rather lhan artistic. The biggest
river IL the world vas entitled 20 the biggest
picture. and Il Was reasonable % SUPPOSE that
the TWO attractions combiEsd would bring
out tie biggest throags OF spectators that
ever attended an art exhibition
However far back in the uncertain past ths
ori..a Of the lxed panorama may % traced,
there is no doubt ta.st tAe panorama on roll
els Is modern conception. There could be
little doubt ether from the beginning that
is career WAS destined 70 b brief, for life IS
too short 70 paint pictures By Che acre that
VIII be- god enough 70 endure. But the idea
seems to have been susceptible OF develop
ment The cyc.orama called also panorama,
now holds the field vacated By its prede-
cessor.
Between the panorama and the cyelorams
there is a wide distinction. Tie former car
risd you upon long voyage and showed a
succession 81 scenes, and you were supposed
10 sail by on the decs Of some steamer; but
the latter sets yen down, or rather sets you
up, in the middle Of fixed landscape made
memorable by sonne historical event, ana
gives q picture Cf incidents that can DO re-.
called only by the imagination. The CYCLIC
rama is an invasion OF the field OF historical
painting, therefore, and must ne tested by
ssyerer canons OF criticism than the pano-
rama.
There are plenty Of men who believe in tho
new form OF entertainment, and who seem
willing TO risk their dollars on It's success.
Boston. Philadelphia, Chica 20. So Paul and
Denver have each battle OF Gstsysbcfg
and, in tbs city, a round house is bsif :
erected for TIE exhibition Of picture Of tbs
same event. Washington, much Is the third
confusion Of the uricn army, has lts Bull
Run. St. Louis aud Ksnns CITY tbeir Mis-
sionary Ridge Sln Ffsnciseo its ri3sslsurg,
New Orlsans its ssys OF Paris, snd Ginneap-
clis It's Atlanta Chicago has also battle of
Shiloh.
At the first view Of re spectator the CYCLIC
rama seeras 70 Re a mystery. It is appaf-
/ entity an absolute reproduction OF the seems
represented, the objects seeming equal in sizs
! with the original OBJ jects, and the SPACE COW
cred equally great. 4 Circular building less
| than 100 feet in diameter, snd net r.uch mora
| 2an szty feet 10 elevation, expands 70 tas
| Dimensions Of tls spnce that can h covered
| BIZ rss eve in al eeen lsndseane, and reach q
upward 10 the clouds. A portion Of the fore
| ground, 70 is very well Known, is composed OF
| real figures and objects: but the illusion upon
| the painted canvas i 50 perfect that ths
painted figures SEEM hardly less objective
! than the real hgares, and without the most
| careful .cratiny RI. dividing line cannot b
| distinguished. Surely, the spectator thinks
thsre must be some wonderful secret known
only to the pssrter in tsis illusion.
But there IS probably no secret deeper thar
thu secret which has csused an art ~ b
called a mystery. shut out the real object,
in the foreground from the sys End the dis
tanccs in the perspective viii not be dinein
ished nor tho figures on the canvas renderst
| les strong in their relief. The erly s.rvie.
that seems 70 be rendered by the objectiv,
portions OF tae foreground is to bring tn,
entire landscape 70 the feet Of the spectator
and 20 shut out tie intervening space OF .hsrt
floor or carpet that would sth.rviss help 4
break toe Illusion. he Is surrounded by th
picture asovs, bslow and uron 81 siGss, AM
il rcrnittod - see no other object. Re xtand
uDou PATTERN THAI Seems 70 - erected il
TIRE worry center Of the Geld delirerted Tn
doabtless eids 70 render ths seer. more re
aIis.ic, ost IL aids ns:siag tn relief or Per
spectivs. rhs great srs Of the picture
reaching practically from the feet of TN
| platform 70 fss rect, q dstsncs # about 10
feet. Is prosshly the ohisf cause ~ ths appar
emily wOzierful sxpsnsion Of sps.s
Tss eycIorsns win not grove a more e1
| during form OF entertainment than tho paro
rama unless i. IS prsdaced With a r~ore arts
tic motive than coatreiisd tie production o
ira predecessor Tiers IL re merit in rel!ai
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modelling. vaers Il - more properly rsrnel
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the cT-Israma Is very restricted in Is Iei-
snE denards constant surcrssioz 81 srfisr
asschroai<urs ard he nsisrlseizg Of inciasn;
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